Flower visiting Neuroptera: Mouthparts and feeding behaviour of Nemoptera sinuata (Nemopteridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-277

  Krenn, Harald W ^a   Gereben Krenn, Barbara Amina ^a   Steinwender, Bernhardt M ^a   Popov, Alexi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Feeding; Flower visiting behaviour; Insects; Morphology; Mouthparts; Nemopteridae; Neuroptera; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING; FLOWER VISITING; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN;

HEXAPODA; NEMOPTERIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 55249100296     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.037     Document Type: Article

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